James S. Peck Nuffield Scholar 2010

Thursday, 7 July 2016

Matt and Jason preparing the area for concreting tomorrow.

What a difference new cladding makes to the appearance of a shed and the approach from the road to the farm.

50% of the cladding is finished on Edinburgh Store.

Grain walling is being rebuilt along the rear of the building and the lean too.

Jason Gooden came over from Lockhart Australia for a family wedding and popped over for a visit.

This afternoon at approx 5.15 one bowser was dropped off and the other collected and within 20 minutes somebody cut the pipes on the back. Why?

James S. Peck: James Peck is the managing director PX Farms Ltd, an Agri Business covering 5,400 acres. The business includes 11 articulated lorries specialising in combinable crops, fertiliser, seed and machinery haulage. Scotland Farm has a grain storage facility of 72,000 tonnes and has diversified into offices, Industrial units and property rental. The farm is operated under Controlled traffic farming which he learnt and adopted In 2010 on his Nuffield Scholarship. James is a past chairman of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire CLA and currently sits on the Cla Ag and Lu committee. He received the Farmers Weekly „Young Farmer of the Year Award‟ in 2006. In 2012 became a freemen if the city of London and a Liveryman at the Worshipful company of farmers. 2014 he attended the WCF advanced farm management course. In June 2014 he was asked to go to the Royal Palace to meet the Royal Family regarding his innovation in Agriculture. In 2015 he represented the UK at the Rabobank International agricultural tour. James has two wonderful young daughters and Fiona his wife owns a successful riding school with Cambridge University riding Club based there.